Whether you are interested in creating a meaningful Christmas letter, writing a letter to a child, friend or relative in a difficult situation, publishing an op/ed piece in your local paper, creating memoir for your family, or writing through grief, the craft and strategies of personal essay writing will help you achieve your goal. In this 3-hour workshop with memoirist and poet Sheila Bender, you'll start, develop and polish ...the piece you want to write. Sheila has helped hundreds of students learn to use the personal essay form effectively and publish them, too. Come join us in a safe and encouraging environment guaranteed to help you put your most important thoughts and feelings on the page.

Workshop fee is $50 and includes lunch.

About Sheila Bender
Sheila Bender has published over ten books on writing, three books of poetry and a memoir. Her newest books include Writing and Publishing Personal Essays, Second Edition, Perfect Phrases for College Application Essays, and A New Theology: Turning to Poetry in a Time of Grief. Creative Writing Demystified is forthcoming from McGraw-Hill in January, 2011. Sheila is the founder and publisher of www.writingitreal.com, an online magazine for those who write from personal experience and a recent contributor to Writer's Digest magazine. She is an adjunct faculty member at Pima College in Tucson, AZ, where she teaches each winter.